The most severe drought in 70 years of record keeping threatens the Horn of Africa with famine.
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An inland sea once connected the lakes, but they now have different appearances and water chemistries.
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The Horn of Africa is facing drought and crop failures after four inadequate rainy seasons.
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Drought
Floods
Entire neighborhoods were underwater in October after relentless rains caused the Logone and Chari rivers to overtop their banks.
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Heavy rains have flooded the Shebelle River and affected hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and Kenya.
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This vegetation map shows the devastating impact of drought on East Africa in January 2011.
Land Life Drought
Drought is apparent across much of East Africa after seasonal rains failed to deliver much moisture to the region.
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Widespread drought in eastern Africa has withered the grass and other vegetation of northern Tanzania's famous Serengeti Plain in January 2006.
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